I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

Wen Yi was about to dissuade him, but Huo Linyuan anticipated what he was going to say, so he said first: "The Mo Cang has returned to the main star system."

The implication is that the royal family already knew that he had not returned.

Wen Yi nodded and said nothing more.

Before this, Huo Linyuan's movements had always been kept secret in order to prevent the royal family from getting the news in advance and causing complications. Now that the Mo Cang has reached the main star, there is naturally no need to hide this matter any further.

After handing Lu Ke and others over to Cardillo's men, Wen Yi went to Cardillo's room with Huo Linyuan.

As if to prove that Cardillo was not lying, his room was surprisingly simple. Apart from a stone bed covered with thick fur, the entire room only had a square stone table and two chairs made of unknown material.

Qi Yan was slightly surprised in his heart. Having seen a lot of future technologies, he suddenly saw such a primitive and simple design. He couldn't help but feel a sense of time and space confusion.

"Please take a seat," Cardillo said. But as soon as he said this, he realized the embarrassment in front of him. Three people and two chairs...

Huo Linyuan didn't seem to notice the other party's embarrassment. He just calmly sat down on one of the chairs, and then took the Xiaocanghao that was trying to swing around back to his hand.

"I'm Huo Linyuan." His voice was no different from usual, but Qi Yan felt that there was a sense of majesty in his words.

Just five words were enough to freeze Cardillo in his tracks. Although he had guessed it in his mind before, he was still shocked and unbelievable when it was confirmed.

A look of surprise first flashed across his face, and then he became nervous and uneasy.

Who is Huo Linyuan? In the interstellar era, you may not know the emperor's name, but you will definitely know the three words Huo Linyuan, because he is a hero in everyone's eyes and the light of the empire.

Cardillo clenched his right fist, placed it on his chest, and solemnly saluted Huo Linyuan as a mecha warrior.

Cardillo once dreamed of becoming a soldier, fighting in battles to kill the enemy and defend his country. However, after witnessing the filthiness of the powerful and the darkness of the empire, this passionate young man could no longer find his former passion.

However, these could not erase his admiration for Huo Linyuan. This was not only admiration for the hero of the empire, but also the innate awe of the strong in his blood.

"Now tell me everything you know about rare gold." Huo Linyuan said in a calm tone, without a trace of emotion.

Cardillo subconsciously straightened his chest and answered loudly: "Yes!"

Thinking about what to say next, Cardillo was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "We found liquid gold."

Hearing this, Huo Linyuan's eyebrows slightly raised. Wen Yi's expression changed immediately, and he asked, "Is the news true?"

Cardillo nodded seriously, "It's true. At first we thought it was just rare gold, but later we found that the deeper we mined, the higher the purity..."

Qi Yan's heart was already filled with huge waves of shock at this time. He couldn't help but use his small tentacles to tightly wrap around Huo Linyuan's hands, repeating over and over in his mind: Liquid gold, it's liquid gold, it turns out that the liquid gold obtained by the royal family in the later period came from here!

Liquid gold is liquid rare gold, which gets its name because it cannot solidify due to its extremely high concentration and purity.

Liquid gold is as precious as high-level mental repair potions. It is not possible to find a single vein of liquid gold among a hundred high-purity rare gold veins.

It is rumored that if you use liquid gold to make mechas, there is a chance that you can create a legendary mecha. Because it is extremely rare, liquid gold has always been in short supply, and now the only liquid gold resources are only in the hands of the military.

However, what shocked Qi Yan was not the rarity and preciousness of liquid gold, but the fact that the royal family used liquid gold to create an SSS-class advanced mecha in the later period.

It was this mecha that broke through the Seventh Army’s defenses, defeated Wen Yi, and forced Huo Linyuan to enter the space-time rift.

Qi Yan felt that the blood in his body was flowing backwards, and the small tentacle could not help but tighten. Feeling his emotions, Huo Linyuan used some mental strength and squeezed the small tentacle to comfort him.

Surrounded by the icy and cool feeling, Qi Yan woke up from his dream and gradually regained his composure. He glanced at Cardillo and finally chose to restrain his emotions temporarily, but he did not let go of the small tentacles that were circling Huo Linyuan.

"Do you have a sample?" Although Cardillo said it with great confidence, this matter was of great importance after all. Moreover, if there was really liquid gold here, why would the royal family throw this matter to the marshal?

The new type of mecha that General Yara discovered in the Neiva restricted area has now been confirmed to be a masterpiece of the royal family.

However, high-quality rare gold veins have always been in the hands of the army and a few lords, and the royal family only has three veins. The number of that batch of new mechas obviously cannot be produced by three veins.

After this news was confirmed, they once suspected that the royal family had already taken control of the border or at least Andromeda.

But as Ling Qing's investigation into the three major families deepened, they eventually ruled out this speculation.

Finally, they came to the conclusion that one of the three major families must have defected to the royal family, but they did not know who it was for the time being.

Based on Wen Yi's understanding of the emperor, he would never give up a vein of liquid gold to make things difficult for him. If the liquid gold was real, then it could only mean that the royal family did not know about its existence.

Or there is another possibility, that is, Cardillo is lying! Wen Yi scrutinized Cardillo, not missing any of his movements.

“People from the three major families arrived before we had the chance to mine, and then they drove us away from the mine.” Cardillo shook his head.

"Then how do you determine that it is liquid gold?" Wen Yi asked.

The purity distribution of rare gold is very uniform, and inconsistent purity rarely occurs in the same rare gold vein. However, there are exceptions, that is, two veins overlap, but this situation is very rare.

"Because there are magnetic waves in the mineral layer." said Cardillo.

The ability to generate magnetic waves indicates that the purity of the metal material inside has reached its extreme. Combined with the purity changes mentioned earlier, if these two points are met, it can basically be concluded that liquid gold exists.

Qi Yan's small tentacles wrapped around Huo Linyuan's wrist couldn't help but begin to tighten. Huo Linyuan could feel his nervousness through the strength.

After touching the small tentacle soothingly, Huo Linyuan stood up and said to Cardillo, "Take me to the place where you found the abnormality."

Cardillo was stunned. After being expelled, they could not return to the mine, so they had to explore near the mine. Recently, they finally found a breakthrough.

But before they could be happy, they encountered a bottleneck. No matter how hard they dug, they could not make any progress. But how did the other party know?

Kadiluo put aside his doubts and explained while leading the way:

"Because we couldn't get close to the vein, we found a geologically weak area and started digging. The gravel we dug recently clearly contained magnetic waves, so we speculated that the liquid gold might be nearby."

Cardillo led Huo Linyuan and the others into a dark mine tunnel, which was very narrow and could only accommodate one person. Cardillo held a fluorite in his hand, and the light just illuminated the road under their feet.

Xiaocanghao walked between Huo Linyuan and Wen Yi. Qi Yan glanced at Wen Yi and Cardillo who were walking in front, secretly stretched out her little tentacles to circle Huo Linyuan's wrist, and wrote the word "want" on his palm.

Huo Linyuan raised the corners of his lips, gently pinched the tip of the tentacle, and replied with his lips: "Okay."

Qi Yan was satisfied and rubbed his palm with the tip of her tentacle.